Explaining leadership in virtual teams: The case of open source software

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 305-315

  Giuri, Paola ^a   Rullani, Francesco ^b   Torrisi, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Human capital; Open source software; Technological innovation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INNOVATION; OPEN SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; SILICON; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BUSINESS REVIEWS; CAMBRIDGE; DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES; ECONOMIC REVIEWS; HARVARD; HUMAN CAPITAL; IN LINES; MODULAR PRODUCTIONS; OCCUPATIONAL CHOICES; OPEN SOURCE MOVEMENTS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARES; OPEN SOURCES; ORGANIZATIONAL ARCHITECTURES; OSS PROJECTS; PROJECT LEADERS; PROJECT MANAGERS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICIES; SILICON VALLEYS; SKILL SETS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTS; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES; VIRTUAL TEAMS;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

HUMAN CAPITAL; INNOVATION; LEADERSHIP; SOFTWARE;

EID: 49149102336     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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